Calls from Star Press readers lead to robbery arrest

6:41 PM,
Nov. 27, 2012

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Timothy A. Ellison can thank, at least in part, readers of The Star Press for his current legal predicament.

In Tuesday's print edition, the newspaper published a surveillance-camera photo of a man who robbed a clerk at the Dollar General store at 1410 E. McGalliard Road on the evening of Nov. 8.

Muncie police detectives said the same man held up the Walgreens Drug Store at 400 E. Memorial Drive on the late afternoon of Nov. 16. Authorities asked anyone who recognized the man in the photo to call them. ...